Wreath



Feb, 5, 192% L. ALTER ET AL.

WREATH File d Jap. 31. 1923 Patented Feb. 5, 1924.

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LEO ALTER, OF CHICAGO, AND GABRIEL STANYO, OF CONGRESS PARK, ILLINOIS.

WREATH.

Application filed January 31, 1923. Serial No. 616,026.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEO ALTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, and GABRIEL STANYO, a citizen of the United States, residing at Congress Park, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Wreaths, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification.

A type of wreath that is widely used, particularly during the Christmas season, is that made of a ring-like core wrapped with a rope of decorative material in such a manner that consecutive turns of the rope-like material lie in contact with each other, and thus completely cover the core. The decorative material is usually unwound from a ball as it is wrapped on the core, thus necessitating the passing of the ball through the open center of the ring for each turn made during the wrapping process. The wrap ping operation is therefore slow and tedious.

The object of the present invention is to produce a wreath of the character described, so constructed that the wrapping may be performed in substantially the same manner as though the core were a straight piece instead of a ring, thus making the process of wrapping a wreath much more rapid and much less expensive than it has been heretofore done.

In carrying out our invention we divide the core into at least two pieces, each of which, for a circular wreath, comprises a complete semi-circle, if there be two pieces, together with a short extension or tongue at one end adapted to over-lap one end of the other piece or section. Each section is wrapped independently of the other, the tongues being left exposed; and, after the sections have been completely wrapped, they are assembled into complete rings, the exposed tongue of each section being slipped between the opposite end of the core of the other section and the wrap-ping surrounding that core.

The various features of novelty whereby our invention is characterized will hereinafter he pointed out with particularity in the claims; but for a full understanding of our invention and of its objects and advantages, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan View of a twoepart wreath made in accordance with our invention, the two parts being separated from each other;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the completed ring;

Fig. 3 is a section on an enlarged scale taken approximately on line 33 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a section on the same scale as Fig. 3, taken approximately on line 4-4 of Wreaths will usually be made in two sections and therefore, although the number of sections may be varied, we have illustrated only this simplest form and shall confine the detailed description to that form, since it will serve fully to explain the principle of our invention.

Referring to the drawing, 1 and 2 represent two half rings of cardboard or other suitable material, each having at one end only a short extension or tongue, as indieated at 3 and 4, respectively. The extensions or tongues are preferably tapered, so as to make them more or less pointed. These .core members may be exact duplicates, so

that any desired number thereof may be wrapped before any of them are assembled into the form of complete rings. The members 1 and 2 are preferably semi-circular in cross section, so that when ropes 5 of decorative material, are wrapped around the same, the resulting structures will be hollow half rings. The wrapping begins at the base of each tongue or extension, and continues through a complete semi-circle to the opposite end of the core section. Then, in order to form a complete wreath, two ofthe wrapped sections are brought together with the two exposed tongues diametrically opposite each other, and these tongues are slipped into-the open ends that lie opposite them. as a sword is slipped into its scabbard; forming a complete ring or wreath, as shown in Fig. 2, in which the core is completelv concealed by the ornamental covering. If desired, the parts of the ring may be held together by means of the friction between the over-lapping elements thereof or, on the other hand, a little glue may be applied to the outer face of each tongue before the two sections are assembled into a complete ring, so that after the complete ring has been formed, the two sections of the core will become glued together and form a struc ture as rigid as an undivided ring.

WVhile we have illustrated and described with particularity only a single preferred form of our invention, we do not desire to be limited to the exact details thus illus trated and described; but intend to cover all forms and arrangements coming within the definitions of our invention constituting the appended claims.

We claim:

1. A wreath made up of a plurality of sections arranged end to end and each comprising a core and an ornamental covering for the core, one of each two meeting ends of the cores having a part projecting beyond the covering thereon and overlapping the core of the other section behind the covering on the latter.

2. A wreath made up of a plurality of interchangeable sections arranged end to end and each comprising a core and an ornamental covering for the core, the core of each section having a part projecting at one end beyond the covering, the projecting part of each core overlapping the adjacent end of the contiguous section and lying behind the covering on the latter section.

3. A wreath made up of a plurality of sections arranged end to end and each comprising a trough-shaped core and an ornamental covering surrounding the core and forming therewith a hollow element, one oi each of the cores of two meeting section: having a tongue projecting beyond the covering thereon and fitting into the hollow interior of the other section.

4:. A circular wreath made up of two complete semicircular sections arranged end to end and each comprising a trough-shaped core w 'apped about with an ornamental rope so as to form a tubular element, one of each two meeting ends having its core projecting beyond the wrapping on that section and telescoped into the interior of the adjacentend of the other section.

In testimony whereof, we sign this specification.

LEO ALTER. GABRIEL STANYO. 

